According to an aspect, there is provided a mounting assembly (10) for a hair cutting appliance, the mounting assembly comprising: a head (12) configured to receive a cutting unit; and a base (14), wherein the head is mounted to the base via a pair of arms (16) to form a linkage. Each arm is coupled at a joint (18) to a head coupling (20) on the head, and coupled at a joint to a respective base coupling (22) on the base. The base couplings are spaced apart along a movement line, and each joint is configured to permit pivoting movement about parallel pivot axes. A stroke limiter (26) is configured to obstruct pivoting movement of the head relative to the base beyond a limit. At least one of the base couplings is a flexible base coupling which is elastically mounted to a body (38) of the base such that the respective flexible base coupling is moveable relative to the body in a direction having a component which is parallel to the movement line and away from the other base coupling, to permit pivoting movement of the head relative to the base beyond the limit imposed by the stroke limiter.